Advice for Hair Loss Sufferers Considering Hair Transplant Surgery

My Story

Hello,
I have no other place and no other people to ask for opinions. I want to tell you my story, and I want opinions on what I should do based on my case;
I am 20 years old. I've had a very receded and high hairline since birth, I've always somewhat of a bald head. I have very receded temples, and a very high frontal hairline. It has killed my confidence since I was a child, till today. Of course, now, I have some products to help me hide it and some style I do. But, it takes me literally around 1-2 hours EVERYDAY to fix it to somehow hide my baldness. It frustrates me, drains me every single day, makes me hate myself. I researched about hair transplants, and I was looking at clinics in Turkey. I found Dr. Serkan Aygin and some others, I got consultation from them and found out how many grafts I need..etc. But theres something I'm worried about - since I'm still only 20, and since I've had a receded hairline since birth, what if that makes me highly likely to get even more bald later on? I really, really wanna get a hair transplant but I'm also scared it'll go to waste and my hair will still fall out and get bald again.
At the same time, the reason I want a hair transplant is to feel young, and feel confident when I'm young, because I never got to experience how normal hair feels like. Ever. I won't care as much about my hairline when I'm older as much as I do when I'm younger, because I want to date, I want to live my life and enjoy my time in my youth, I want hair now, not later when I should be more mature and responsible. What should I do? If I do get the hair transplant, how do I make sure not to ever get bald again? I really need some advice here, my hairline is attached in the pics provided, it's been somewhat similar to that since birth, but of course with puberty and age it got a little more receded than it initially was, but my forehead has ALWAYS been this high.
Please, give me advice, I was planning on getting a hair transplant next year right after I graduate from university. I just want to feel young and my age for once in my life. I want to wake up without having to fix my hair for 2 hours trying to hide anything.

Hi,
I have been noticing some scalp showing on the back of my head and was wondering whether you think that it is normal or not. Also since I am 18, should I start getting some sort of medication or something or should I wait.
Attached find some pics
Thanks

First of all i'd like to introduce myself, i'm from Europe, going to be 17 in June, sorry for any Grammar errors, english is not my native Language
I have Receded hairlines since i was little -10 years old, never affected me until i cut my hair short, then as my head grew so did my hairline go back more naturally than from hair falling, there is no visible hairloss nor the clinics i went in my country say that i have hairloss, just a strange forehead natural design, i have high density in the rest of my head.
My dad, grandpa and older brother all have their forehead like mine, neither one of them went bald, maintaining their hairlines.
I know that i am young to do an hair transplant, but i've discussed it with my family and they are willing to go to Turkey with me to do an Hair transplant. I am aware that the hairlines may go back leaving "horns" of hair, but i don't mind doing another transplant later on my life (doctors say that i have enough density on the back of my head to cover the whole top of my head). My brother also did one, in Portugal.
Now, the question is, which clinic/doctor in Turkey should i go? I was thinking something in the range of 2500 3500 euros, i don't mind with technicians doing a part of the work but i want a competent doctor to atleast do the most important part. And how many grafts? A doctor that's good in temples of the same size of mine?
I have been looking into these doctors:
Dr cinik
Yaman
dr keser
and some others
Pictures:
Thank you for any type of help

I am a 20 year old male who has been struggling with hair loss since age 16, but didn't seriously start receding until age 18 (I know some users on this forum believe that 20 is too young to be considering a transplant). Relevant info:
I've been on Finasteride for over a year.
I was in a "freak accident" at age 17 that caused me to be subject to immense stress and brutal physical conditions for a couple months. This accelerated my hair loss, although it recovered slightly for a few months after.
I live a very stressful lifestyle (working on improving this). I tried Minoxidil for about a week, but making time for it twice a day and dealing with the side effects unfortunately wasn't practical.
Anyway, I've done my research and would love nothing more than to not have to worry about always wearing a hat or no one believing I'm under 30. I'm grateful for current technology and the extensive list of surgeons on this site, but my main question is how to pick the right surgeon out of many, as this will be a decision I live with for life.
All photos are within the last month. I live in a suburb of NYC but would probably be willing to travel if necessary.

Hey all I’m 23 and since I was 17 the temples of my hairline have receded and I have very minimal crown loss . I’ve been using minoxidil with dermarolling for the last 3 months on my hairline but all I can see are very tiny vellus hairs along my hairline. However for the past couple days I’ve been having day long migraines and I suspect it might be the minoxidil so I’m stopping use until around next week.
This is Me
Side Angles
As you can see my temples are fairly receded and if I were to fill them out straight across I would have a relatively normal hairline for a black man
Now the general consensus for getting hair transplants at this age is to not do it because they can look worse as you age. Everyone recommends fin however I don’t want to live my life in fear of side or of the crash so I’ve decided against it. And also, my family on my mothers side has a history of balding primarily on the hairline. Not sure about my fathers side , my dad is bald however .
Now these are my uncles on my mothers side , all of these pictures are taken between the ages of 30-50ish
Uncle 1
Uncle 2
Uncle 3
And this is the only uncle I could find on my fathers side, here is his hairline
Now as you can see the guys on my mothers side have fairly receded temples with their widows peak stop being pretty far out. They’re not slick bald but they’ve chosen the bald look which is cool for them but not something I want to do.
Looking at their hairlines and mine would you advise getting a transplant at my age? I don’t mind getting a couple throughout my lifetime and I’m actually scheduled for a consultation with Dr. Diep next month.

I began losing hair at crown alone at 18 years old which has progressed to diffuse over whole scalp, had used finasteride on and off between 18-20 but have been using everyday since 20 yrs old, seeing hair loss slow down but not stabilise.
I recently underwent an fue hair transplant procedure totalling 3200 grafts (6897 hairs) by ak clinics in Delhi. My hair count prior to surgery was 90 units/cm2 , 187hairs/cm2, my hair loss is progressive but I was also advised I have good donor area/cm2 to harvest.
I am curious as to how many grafts I could be able to harvest via scalp in a lifetime with final baldness pattern is showing significantly, noting I have already taken 3200 grafts (1400 crown, 800 midscalp, 1000 front scalp)
Any advise or opinions are appreciated.
Regards

I'm 23 years old, and have had a pretty-rapid receding hairline for the past 6 years or so. I've tried rogaine, shampoos, etc. consistently for the last 3 or so years with no results in even slowing the loss. I've attached pictures of what my hairline currently looks like.
At this point, I've been financially successful (more so than most my age) and know that I could (and I want to) look into FUE. I've discussed with my wife and extensive medication regimens, as well as scarring caused by FUT, are both pretty much out of the question.
Doing research over the past two years, I've noticed a pretty consistent warning that I should NOT look into transplants of any kind. However, I feel strongly (obviously) about doing something to not only stop the loss, but restore my hairline somewhat.
That all said, has anyone tried the FUE procedure successfully at a younger age, or would anyone have recommendations at this point that I may try? Please let me know.

I'm 25 years old and have been loosing my hair since i was 17, once i hit 22 my temples and hairline had recened. I started taking Finasteride which has slown down the rate of my hair loss significantly. I would say i'm a norwood 2 on the scale and have been since starting medication.
Which now leads me to my questions,
- Being 25 and on Finasteride would i be a suitable candidate for a HT?
- Where is the best location in europe to have it done? Looking at costs and results in the UK compared to most other european countries makes it an easy decision to fly overseas for a weekend to get the procedure but where is best.
Thank you in advance.

Hi all,
I'm 23 years old and probably sitting at a NW5. I am on meds, but they aren't exactly miracle pills. Realistically it is going to be a struggle to get sufficient coverage with an average donor area.
This is why I ask the question why not try BHT? The results I've seen are cosmetically good (also I'd be content with a buzz cut). I understand that there are some issues about transplanted body hair being rejected? I'd be willing to take that risk as I don't have many other options.
Any thoughts on BHT and particularly about the appropriateness of it for a young man at the higher end of norwood scale would be appreciated.
Thanks,

Hi everyone,
I'm french so escuse my english writting.
I come to this forum cause I think it's the best place for good advices.
To resume, I'm 27, losing my hair since Im 20. I tried propecia and minox in the beginning for more than a year but stopped quickly cause the loss continued. ( I didn't have side effects, so I want to take duta or fina again prior the hair transplant)
All my hair on top don't grow anymore, so I will have a large zone to cover.
the problem is that I have a poor donor aera, not really dense. But well it's quite normal i think cause during the last 5 years I did the worst things for my hair health : no propecia, no sport, really bad eating/diet, a lot of smoke, many months on anti depressant, a lot of stress, no regularly shampoo, lot of sebum production in my hair with some dermatitis sometimes,etc...
well all the worst things, so I think it's normal that my horse shoe isn't going really well no?
What is the minimum of donor aera grafts approx. for a person with a bad donor area you think?
I plan to use my FUs for the front and mildscalp, and if possible use bht to densify the vertex, do you think it's possible in my case? How much grafts do I need approx. for a decent result with a conservative approach?
Does legs hairs are also good for bht to put in the crown?
If i take propecia, changes my way of life for healthy hair, and use maximum of my UFs, do you think it's even too risky to go the ht route with my severe hairloss? or is it possible that I will live a few years with a quite decent haircut?
I plan to do smp if the result isn't good one year later, for a buzz cut (densify the ht), or for a complete shaved look it depends.
and perahp's during that time there will be innovation in HT, or in medication. Or even a stem cell therapy in 5,10,20 years^^
So it's good to try a big FUE/BHT no? even if i'm not the good candidate? what would you do in my case?
I need to do something, it's ruining my social life and depressed me, I tell myself " what I have to loose? except money of course", if it can help me for 2 or 3 years, I will enjoy that. So what I have to loose again?
Am i going crazy or is my plan realistic guys?
Did you see others with a thin donor aera who get a transplant with decent result?
Thanks in advance for the probable help. I really think it's here that I can get the best advices.
a french dude

Hi All,
I have a procedure scheduled with Dr. Parsa Mohebi (1500 FUE) in a few weeks and am getting very anxious/contemplating cancelling. I am 25 years old with a very thinning hairline. I started thinning around 21-22 years old, but nothing has really changed (knock on wood) since. I am pretty confident everything will look great short term, but one of my worries (I have many) is about long term results. I really don't want to go down the route of having to have multiple procedures....I've used Rogaine foam daily for about a year but do not want to take propecia as I had negative side effects a year ago when I took it.
Attached are pictures of my hairline. What do you guys think? I'm essentially asking those who have gone through with the procedure 5-10 years ago what they think of their results now? Also if anyone thinks 25 years old is too young?
Attaching photos from my visit, plus a "selfie", and what my hair looks like when it's usually down.
Thanks!
-LD

A bit about myself: I'm a 32 year old male and I've had a receding hairline since I was about 24. I jumped on propecia (half a pill) and rogaine relativitly soon thereafter, and either because of that or just because of genetics, the rest of my hair is actually quite full and healthy. I'd say I'm an aggressive Norwood 2 on my left side and a Norwood 3 on my right side. I became adept at using my forelock to cover my hairless but even that slowly became less effective and it was also annoying to have to worry about strategic hair placement all the time. Most people, if they found out I had a hair transplant, would say I didn't need one, and it's true I never felt I needed one, but now that I've had one, it only validated my belief that a modest change to my hairline would make a significant aesthetic result. Now onto that:
I had waffled with the idea of having a hair transplant for years. Being relatively young and having most of my hair in tact, I juggled feelings of doubt (would I regret filling in my temples if all the rest of my hair falls out in the next ten years), money (hair transplants are not cheap!), guilt (with so many balding people who would love my hair, was I being shallow in wanting a relatively minor area filled) and even basic philosophical questions like "given I can't stop my body from aging, isn't it better to just accept aging as it comes instead of trying to fight it, which is a guaranteed losing battle?"
But recently I decided to stop overthinking things and adopt the theory that if I did my research and gave myself enough time to reflect that this is what I really wanted, then I could go forward with the surgery and live with whatever consequences there were, knowing I educated myself as much as I could at the time. Thus, I met with a number of doctors and did an insane amount of research, to the point I became an untrained expert on hairloss, and ultimately I decided I did want to proceed, but I wanted to proceed with the best doctor I could possibly find. That ended up being Dr. Konior.
I had 1230 FUEs, and granted I'm young and healthy, but the work was so well done that 7 days after the surgery I was able to buzz my head so my existing hair was the same length as the new grafts, and nobody noticed I had a transplant - they all only complimented me on the new buzzed look. There were no visible scabs in the recipient area and no visible scars in the donor area that shortly after surgery.
Dr. Konior and his staff are utmost professionals and are very good at being available. Dr. Konior has a reputation as being a perfectionist, and everything I've seen thus far has lived up to that. Not only were my recipient area and donor area extremely clean (even Dr. Konior's staff remarked at how unusually clean they were), I had very minimal pain afterward and it was only for the first few days.
Granted, perhaps my age and overall health, along with my relatively small number of grafts, led to such fast healing, and I have yet to see how the grafts will actually grow, but so far every expectation of mine has well been exceeded. Dr. Konior is an artful FUE doctor, and while pricey, worth every penny if you can afford it. If you're looking for the best, you might find equivalents, but I doubt you'd find better. I'll update this, and hopefully my sentiments will not have changed, when the grafts grow.

As I said in the title; I began my hair loss at the age of 16. I'm 21 now and have experienced manipulation from an Australian hair clinic who essentially gave me a run for my money.
My next step is to go through with an actual transplant - I've worked in a job I hate for the past year just to save up for this so I don't want to mess it up.
I don't have an impressive budget, but I'm looking at going overseas and getting the transplant done; maybe get some travel experience while I'm there. Please; PLEASE help me find an appropriate surgeon!! I'm very interested in Sweden/Finland/Norway/Denmark, so if you know of any respectable surgeons in that area; please share.
Thank you all in advance for any help you can give me.

Hey guys, I'm looking for help on this. I've consulted hair transplant clinics and the majority are bottom dollar quacks. I'm 18. I've been balding since 14. My grandfather stabilized at late stage Norwood 6, which is where I am. Wigs are tedious and hats are itchy. I used rogaine for almost a year and had no results. When should I consider HT? And who is the best I can go to? And what is the best that can be done for a Norwood 6.

Hello, I am a 27 year old male, going bald for over 7 years now. Its genetic my father and elder brother are bald. I want my hair back, for that I have two options
- Hair Transplant
OR
- Hair replacement OR what you call a hair piece
I need sound advice in this regard, my goal is to achieve a good look, I dont mind letting ppl notice that I have had a transplant, while with the hair piece I may have a problem if people regularly ask me about it.
Also if possible I am getting body hair transplanted to my scalp so that I can preserve hair at the back of my head for a later surgery or just for the thick haired look at back.
Also point me to the possible pros and cons of both methods so I can take a well informed decision.
Thanking you in advance, forever grateful for your advice(s)
AK

Firstly im new to the site and have viewed many posts and learnt plenty from here in recent months. Below are some questions and information about me.
Im almost 23 and ive been losing hair since 17, its now between M2/M3 an my crown is still strong. I live in Birmingham England and yes i want a hair transplant. I've seen most people my age told to wait a while but ive planned this since i was 19. I was also a very confident person when i was 16 id talk to plenty of girls, make new friends with ease, go on stage but now im hiding in dark corners hoping no one will notice me and wearing a hat everyday and i fear going into work as people will see my hair. I also have a good set of donor hair and am aware i may need another transplant later in life probably 27 and therefore must keep a realistic view of the thickness of hair to ensure future loss can be covered.
1. Does anyone know of a good FUE surgeon/clinic in the UK (research leads me to -Dr. Raghu Reddy - Dr. Kouremada Zioga - Dr. Bessam Farjo)?
2.I do not wish to travel overseas as im 22 and would be alone but would you strongly advise this or not?
3. Should if/when i go for the HT i cut my hair short (grade 3 etc) ?
4. Side effects ?
5. average cost for 1750 grafts (from what i have researched i need between 1250-1750)?
6. should i do this (i want to do this, my family says do it, an ive got 4 months of free time ahead of me, but do those with experience agree with me)?
7. Time taken to get a consultation and then the surgery?
Please feel free to add any other information you think would be helpfully to my situation thank you

I've been browsing these forums for over a year now, looking all over the internet for possibilities, and potential solutions. After finding out about the scams, I was really dis-heartened that people would offer such false hope to such a delicate matter. I found that this forum is the most truthful, and well-spoken and after finally accepting that I'm losing my hair at such a young age, I've joined here.
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In short of my history, I used to style my hair JUST 1 year ago, and now I'm at the point where I just move my hair around to hide the receding hairline.
I have been using heat products at very high temperatures extremely close to my temples and bangs, sometimes the flat iron would even touch my scalp at over 300 degrees, and I think this may have greatly facilitated my hair loss - I'd like to ask if this is a valid assumption?
Today, I came out of the shower to find that it's no longer possible to hide the hairline, I just don't have enough left - and thus I joined here.
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I've been contemplating Hair transplant for a while now - for my age, it seems FUE would be best, but this is a HUGE step - and I'm still in school, with little funds.
I've worked enough to be able to afford possibly 1 transplant, giving every last drop of my money. (From research, I'm assuming it will cost me $7k - $11k given my current hair status, if any of you have already had HT's, how much did it cost you?).
I'm a young man, so I'm very afraid of Finasteride (Propecia) and it's sexual side effects which may ruin my life forever, although from hours and hours of research, it seems this is the only real medicine that might show results other than minoxidil which i'm not sure will help my case as much - (will it?).
I've attached a picture of my temples and current hair loss state - many of you may not think much of it, but the front is much thinner than it looks here, I'm not even able to keep that hair down and have it cover my forehead in the middle, it just looks like strands.
I've been looking for a dermatologist, but it's very difficult to get a hold of one, it takes months of waiting before an appointment. I'd be extremely greatful for any feedback to my story, any help/suggestions, or any past experiences you could share with me.

I don't get what people mean about “the appearance of density.” I wear my hair back so there are either hairs growing there or not. Can I possibly get 75% or more of the density I have on the rest of my head? I don't want to end up looking like I have some thinning but my hairline is “not that bad.” Is it unrealistic to aim for a thick hairline that is a least almost as dense as the rest of my head (which is pretty thick)?

Hi everyone
I'm 18 years old. I've used Regaine for almost 2 years and it has definitely slowed down my temple receding but it has got worse. As well as this, my hair is starting to thin at my crown quite quickly.
I know I started going bald very young which is why I'm wondering whether finasteride/propecia is worth doing. In all honesty, I am fine with going bald in the long run. However, I'm still at college and plan on going to university. I really want to be able to keep my hair thick and healthy throughout my teens and education. I know a lot of people can relate to that!
I've been recommended the site uk finasteride - Legitimate UK finasteride for hair loss
Is this what you use? Is it legitimate?
Any replies are greatly appreciated! Please help if you can.
Thanks,
Lewis

Hi Everyone,
new to this kind of thing, i normally hate Forums as it tends to end in bitching anyway...
I thought i'd come on here to kind of share where i am with my Hairloss..
Im 22, and i had a receeding hairline from about 16 i'd say but it was easily hide able with my messy hair style, but it is becoming more difficult to hide the bald patches i have developed in recent years. My hair has always been thin and seems to of got worse over 2 years. I still style my hair and i guess its more of a rough messy comb over style that i keep in place with hairspray. Anyway i have attached a photo to this post so you can see.
I have been using Propecia for 6 months and i hate to say it but on/off with that Regaine stuff. However i have started to take it more solidly now. I also just started taking a Biotin tablet to increase my protien intake. I wash my hair before i go to sleep most nights and wash it with Alpecin Shampoo and Biotin Conditioner. I have hairs on my bed sheets (although i've noticed less in the last month), and i will notice hairs sometimes fall out in the day at work.
My scalp seems to feel like a slight burning effect (not all the time) but it doesnt feel great, sometimes i also have small red spots on my scalp?
Anyway that is basically where i am at, im massively unhappy with my hair and really want to do everything to get my hair back to how im happy with and live a normal young life that i should be, i pretty much avoid going out lots because of my hair, although i can hide it.. i guess its pretty obvious that my hair is a combover kind of look. Anyway it took me quite a bit to post this so be nice ha and like i said i've uploaded a picture for you to see my position of hairloss.
I am considering Getting FUE surgery next year, however im still saving the pennies and giving the propecia a chance to help grow and maintain any hair.
Thanks for reading